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HALLECK, Charles Abraham, a Representative from Indiana; born in Demotte, Jasper County, Ind., August 22, 1900; attended the public schools; during the First World War served in the Infantry of the United States Army; Indiana University at Bloomington, A.B., 1922 and from the law department of the same university, LL.B., 1924; was admitted to the bar in 1924 and commenced practice in Rensselaer, Ind.; prosecuting attorney for the thirtieth judicial circuit 1924-1934; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman-elect Frederick Landis; reelected to the Seventy-fifth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses and served from January 29, 1935, to January 3, 1969; majority leader (Eightieth and Eighty-third Congresses); minority leader (Eighty-sixth, Eighty-seventh, and Eighty-eighth Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress; delegate to each Republican National Convention from 1936 to 1968, and permanent chairman in 1960; was a resident of Rensselaer, Ind. until his death in Lafayette, Ind., March 3, 1986; interment in Weston Cemetery, Rensselaer.

Indiana University
Manuscripts Department, Lilly
Library

Bloomington, IN

Papers:1911-1968; 291,978 items.The bulk of the material consists primarily of correspondence between Charles Abraham Halleck and prominent political figures and constituents in Indiana. Topics covered in the correspondence include the Lake Shore Harbor, Dunes National Park, prayer in public schools, civil rights, state and federal taxes, military appointments, political campaigns, and the battle with Gerald R. Ford for minority leader. A finding aid is available at the repository and online.

Columbia University
Oral History Project

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

Herbert Hoover Library

Papers:In the James P. Goodrich papers, 1877-1941, 12 linear feet.Subject files include Halleck. Container list available at the repository and online.

Papers:In the Herbert Hoover papers, 1933-1964, 520 linear feet.Halleck included among correspondents. Finding aid available at the repository and online.

Papers:In the Raymond S. Richmond collection, 1928-1967, 1 linear foot.Halleck included in subject files. A container list is available at the repository and online.

Papers:In the Henry J. Taylor papers, 1903-1984, 6.5 linear feet.Halleck included in correspondence and subject files. A finding aid is available at the repository and online.

Oral History:19 pages.Index in library.

Indiana University
Center for the Study of History and
Memory

Bloomington, IN

Oral History:In the Indiana Politics Oral History Project, 1969, 199 pages, 7 sound tape reels.Halleck discusses career highlights including his work on committees and legislation, as well as presidential conventions and elections.

Oral History:In the William E. Jenner and Indiana Politics Oral History Project, 1971, 9 pages, 1 sound tape reel.Halleck speaks about serving as a delegate to the 1952 Republican National Convention and his involvement in nominating Wendell Wilkie.